ISBN:
1472598504
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1472598490
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9781472598509
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9781472598493
Language:
English
Pages:
236 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
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24 cm
DDC:
304.2/5
Keywords:
Climatic changes Social aspects
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History
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Human beings Effect of climate on
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History
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Climate and civilization
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Prehistoric peoples Climatic factors
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Human ecology History
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Klimaänderung
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Geschichte
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Klimaänderung
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Geschichte
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Jungpleistozän
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Holozän
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Paläoklima
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Menschheit
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Umweltveränderung
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Historische Umweltforschung
Abstract:
Climate Change in Human History provides an up-to-date and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies, and how humans are now altering climate within much shorter periods of time--back cover
Abstract:
Introduction -- A fragile start -- The rise of farming -- The rise and fall of civilizations -- Climate and civilizations of the Middle Ages -- The Little Ice Age -- Humans take over -- The future is now -- Climate change controversies
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 195-224
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